Wringer



May 24, 1927. I 1,629,736

W. ROBERTSON WRINGER Filed April 26, 1922 Patented May 24, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA, nssrenon pro LOVELL MANUFAO TUBING ooMPANY,*oF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PE NSYL- VANIA.

WRINGER.

Application filed April 28, 1922. Serial-No. 556,649.

This invention isparticularly directed to the drip board construction of the wringer. These drip boards are preferably tilting and also preferably so arranged that they may be moved from one side to the other of the wrin cr so that the ma be used on either Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of apart of a wringer showing" the manner of'mount- Fig. 2 a vertical section of the wringer with the drip board in place.

Fig. 3 a vertical section of a fragment of the opposite side of the Wringer from that shown in Fig. 2.

' 1 marks the frame, and 1 the cross bar of the frame, the frame having the downwardly extending sides in which rolls 2 and are mounted, the rolls being mounted on rods i-4. The rods 41-4 are carried in boxes 5-5 and compression is placed on'the rolls through a spring 7 operating through a distance piece 6. These may be of any usual construction. A drip board 8 is mounted between the sides. It is provided with downwardly extending flanges 10 at each side. Notches 11 extend into these flanges and are adapted to engage pins 9 extending from the sides of the frame. Two of the notches 11 are provided so that the drip board may be broughtto a horizontal and the notch disengaged from the pins at the side of the wringer and moved along the sides to the opposite notch where itmay be dropped and tilted to position, the pins engaging the notches and holding the drip board. The end of the flange outside of the notches 11 is slightly deeper than the main part of the flange so as to form a stop as the drip board is moved along on the pins in reversing it. 7

' This construction of the notches is very much cheaper than the usual form in which a slot parallel with the bottom of the board is formed in the flange in that it may be formed by casting for instance, directly in the board without the use of cores or subsequent machining.

In order to prevent the direct lifting of the board so as to disengage the notch when in tilted position I provide the pins 14 at one side of the'board', these pins extending so as to overlapthe frontand rear of the downwardly extending. portions of the frame. Stops 13 extend from the front and rear of the frame in position to extend over the pins 1% when the board is in tilted position. This prevents a direct upward lifting of the upper end of the board. In order to lock down the lower end of theboard I provide pins 15at each end of the board and at the side of the boaidopposite that side of the board having the pins 1 1. The pins 15 are engaged by notches 17 in looking bars 16', one at the frontand one atthe rear of the wringer, the locking bars being swingingly mounted on pins 18 secured in projections 19 ex tending from the sides of the frame. With the board in tilted position the notches 11 engaging the pins 9 and the pins 14 being under a lug 13 and with a bar 16 operating on the lug 15 the board is completely locked against upward or accidental displacement by the action of the clothes as they are fed into the wringer. It will also be noted that the notches 17 swinging into place on the pins or lugs 15 not only lock the drain board against upward movement but brace the outward movement of'the drain board supporting it against downward pressure.

A bar 16 is arranged at both front and rear of the frame so that the wringer may be reversed and the board locked in'position. The pin 15 is preferably provided with a head which holds the bar from slipping oif the pin.

WVhat I claim as new is 1. In a wringer, the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending be tween the sides and having notchesadapted to engage the pins; and means detachably connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward movement comprising a bar extending from the frame to the lower end of the board said means supporting the lower end of the drain board against downward pressure.

2. In a wringer, the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having notches adapted to en gage the pins; and means detachably con' nected to andloclring the lower end of the board against upward movement comprising a bar swingingly mounted on the frameand extending to the lower end of the board said means supporting the lower end of the drain board against downward pressure.

In a wringer the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip hoard extending between-the sides having notches at each, side and at each end of the board adapted to engage the pins, one set of notches engaging the pins with the drip board inclined in one direction and the other 1-: t the notches with the drip board inclined in the opposite 'direction; and means detachably connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward movement at both the front,

and rear of the wringer comprising bars one at the front and one at the rear of the frame adapted to engage the lower end of the board when tilted in the direction of one of the bars the bar engaging the lower end of the board supporting the board a'gainst downward pressure.

4. In a wringer the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having open notches adapted to engage the pins; means detachably connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward movement; and devices locking down the upper end of the board with the lower end in tilted position.

5.111 a wringer, the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having open notches adapted to engage the pins; means detachably connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward movement; and devices locking down the upper end of the board with the lower end in tiltled position comprising a lug on the board and a stop extending from the frame over the lug.

6. In a Wringer the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having open notches adapted to engage the pins; means connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward 1'no\"ement; and devices locking down. the upper end. of the board with the lower end in tilted position the means being at one side of the wringer and the devices at the opposite side of the wringer. V

7. In a wringer the combination. 0 frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having opennotches adapted to engage the pins; means 'det-achably connected to and locking the lower end of the board against upward movement comprising swingingly mounted'bars on the frame extending from the frame to the lower end of the board said bars supporting the drip board at the downward position against downward pressure; and devices for locking the upper end of the board against upward movement when in tilted position comprising lugs on the board 'and projections on the frame extending over the lugs.

8. In a wringer, the combination of a frame having downwardly extendingsides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the side a drip board extending between the sides and having open notches on its bottom adapted to engage the pins; and

means operating on the upper side of theboard'for locking the upper end of the board against upward movement with the board in tilted posit-ion.

9. In a wringer, the combination of a frame having downwardly extending sides; rolls mounted in the frame; drip board pins on the sides; a drip board extending between the sides and having open notches on its bottom adapted to engage the pins; andmeans operating on the upper side of the'board for locking the upper end of the board against upward movement with the board in tilted position, said means forming a stop determining the tilt of the board.

In testimony whereof I have my hand.

hereunto set WILLIAM ROBERTSON. 

